Improvement in harness-saddle trees



PHILIP n. winDnnsUM, or nnw Yoan, n. Y.

uwPRovElvuamV IN HARNESS-SADDLE TREES.

Specication forming part of Lei-ters Fatent No. 107,843, dated Scptembfr 27, 1870.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, PHILIP Hl WIEDERsUM, of the city, county, and State of New York,

`have invented new and useful Improvements in Harness-Saddle Trees 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact 'description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification'. Y'

The nature of this invention consists in a novel construction of the hook and mode of attaching the same to the sad dle-tree, whereby greater security is obtained than by the modes of attachment heretofore commonly provided,

and projections on the under side of the saddle-tree are avoided. i

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a side view of a saddle-tree constructed according to my invention. Fig. V2 is a central section taken at right angles to Fig. 1. Fig.

, 3 is a central longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 4 is a top view of a portion of the saddleofthe top portionof thesaidwplate A there is a recess, n, to receive the iiattened lower end of the hook C, and extending through the center of this recessed portion is a square hole for the reception of a square boss, m, on the upper surface of the said end of the hook. Near the rear of the said plate is another hole, to receive a screw, g, said hole being counters unk on the lower side to receive the head of said screw. At the rear end of the said piece is a loop, Iz, to which the crupper-strap is attached. The cantle-plate B is provided with a square hole, t', near the forward end thereof, and nearer the rear end with a tapped hole, j.

In the flattened lower portion of the hook C, through the center of its square boss m, there is a hole for the reception of a screw, e, said hole being countersunk on the under side for the reception of the head of the said screw. This screw screws into a cap-nut, D, which has a square boss fitting snuglyl into thesquare hole i in the cantle-plate. This nut has a flange, 7c,

which bears upon the top of the cantle-plate, and has a button-like head, which stands up within the hook, and serves to prevent the rein from slipping out of the hook. The hook, being secured by screwing up the screw into the nut, is very firm, and not liable to displacement under any circumstances, and its attachment presents no obstructions of any kind within the interior of the saddle-tree.

E E are` two steel straps, hooked at their upper ends into the holes d d in the plate A, and having permanently attached to their lower ends the back-band'loops n n. Some distance below the hooks of said straps are holes s s, through which, after the saddle-tree has been covered, the terrets are screwed into the nuts fittedto the plate A for their reception. These straps, carrying the back-band loops, and thus secured to the saddle-tree,form a very secure, neat, and simple'attachment for the back-band.

Gr G are springs, consisting of stripsof tempered steel-plate, riveted or otherwise rmly attached by their ends to the lower extremities of the plate A, and curved below the said plate in such manner as to conform approximately to the body ofthe horse. These springs are covered in the making up of the saddle, and serve to give and preserve the form thereof, and make the saddle sit and ride much easier on the horse, preventing it from bedding down on the horses back.

What I claim `as my invention,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The hook C, having a square socket on the upper side of its shank, and fitted into the plate A, as described, in combination with the countersunk screw and nut D, fitted to the plate B, in the manner set forth.

PH. H. WIEDERSUM.

Witnesses:

FRED. HAYNEs, R. E. RABEAU. 

